Merge pull request #1207 from poettering/coccinelle-fixes

Coccinelle fixes

78 files changed, 194 insertions, 356 deletions

diff --git a/src/analyze/analyze.c b/src/analyze/analyze.c
index 4672bc8c23..d1ff156d12 100644
--- a/src/analyze/analyze.c
+++ b/src/analyze/analyze.c
@@ -582,8 +582,7 @@ static int analyze_plot(sd_bus *bus) {
 
                 if (u->activating < boot->userspace_time ||
                     u->activating > boot->finish_time) {
-                        free(u->name);
-                        u->name = NULL;
+                        u->name = mfree(u->name);
                         continue;
                 }
 
@@ -845,11 +844,8 @@ static int list_dependencies_one(sd_bus *bus, const char *name, unsigned int lev
 
         STRV_FOREACH(c, deps) {
                 times = hashmap_get(unit_times_hashmap, *c);
-                if (times && times->activated
-                    && times->activated <= boot->finish_time
-                    && (service_longest - times->activated) <= arg_fuzz) {
+                if (times && times->activated && times->activated <= boot->finish_time && (service_longest - times->activated) <= arg_fuzz)
                         to_print++;
-                }
         }
 
         if (!to_print)
diff --git a/src/ask-password/ask-password.c b/src/ask-password/ask-password.c
index 2cbed293ba..abfd545c79 100644
--- a/src/ask-password/ask-password.c
+++ b/src/ask-password/ask-password.c
@@ -156,7 +156,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
         if (arg_use_tty && isatty(STDIN_FILENO)) {
                 char *password = NULL;
 
-                if ((r = ask_password_tty(arg_message, timeout, arg_echo, NULL, &password)) >= 0) {
+                r = ask_password_tty(arg_message, timeout, arg_echo, NULL,
+                                     &password);
+                if (r >= 0) {
                         puts(password);
                         free(password);
                 }
@@ -164,7 +166,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
         } else {
                 char **l;
 
-                if ((r = ask_password_agent(arg_message, arg_icon, arg_id, timeout, arg_echo, arg_accept_cached, &l)) >= 0) {
+                r = ask_password_agent(arg_message, arg_icon, arg_id, timeout,
+                                       arg_echo, arg_accept_cached, &l);
+                if (r >= 0) {
                         char **p;
 
                         STRV_FOREACH(p, l) {
diff --git a/src/basic/bitmap.c b/src/basic/bitmap.c
index 7ea3357031..2eabf3e1c1 100644
--- a/src/basic/bitmap.c
+++ b/src/basic/bitmap.c
@@ -145,8 +145,7 @@ bool bitmap_isclear(Bitmap *b) {
 void bitmap_clear(Bitmap *b) {
         assert(b);
 
-        free(b->bitmaps);
-        b->bitmaps = NULL;
+        b->bitmaps = mfree(b->bitmaps);
         b->n_bitmaps = 0;
         b->bitmaps_allocated = 0;
 }
diff --git a/src/basic/fdset.c b/src/basic/fdset.c
index a4823e6659..d70fe156a2 100644
--- a/src/basic/fdset.c
+++ b/src/basic/fdset.c
@@ -201,9 +201,11 @@ int fdset_cloexec(FDSet *fds, bool b) {
 
         assert(fds);
 
-        SET_FOREACH(p, MAKE_SET(fds), i)
-                if ((r = fd_cloexec(PTR_TO_FD(p), b)) < 0)
+        SET_FOREACH(p, MAKE_SET(fds), i) {
+                r = fd_cloexec(PTR_TO_FD(p), b);
+                if (r < 0)
                         return r;
+        }
 
         return 0;
 }
diff --git a/src/basic/lockfile-util.c b/src/basic/lockfile-util.c
index 05e16d1caa..f3ec6a3e52 100644
--- a/src/basic/lockfile-util.c
+++ b/src/basic/lockfile-util.c
@@ -145,8 +145,7 @@ void release_lock_file(LockFile *f) {
                 if ((f->operation & ~LOCK_NB) == LOCK_EX)
                         unlink_noerrno(f->path);
 
-                free(f->path);
-                f->path = NULL;
+                f->path = mfree(f->path);
         }
 
         f->fd = safe_close(f->fd);
diff --git a/src/basic/strv.c b/src/basic/strv.c
index eaf440a4b2..b9aef64b15 100644
--- a/src/basic/strv.c
+++ b/src/basic/strv.c
@@ -270,10 +270,8 @@ char **strv_split_newlines(const char *s) {
         if (n <= 0)
                 return l;
 
-        if (isempty(l[n-1])) {
-                free(l[n-1]);
-                l[n-1] = NULL;
-        }
+        if (isempty(l[n - 1]))
+                l[n - 1] = mfree(l[n - 1]);
 
         return l;
 }
@@ -292,9 +290,8 @@ int strv_split_extract(char ***t, const char *s, const char *separators, Extract
                 r = extract_first_word(&s, &word, separators, flags);
                 if (r < 0)
                         return r;
-                if (r == 0) {
+                if (r == 0)
                         break;
-                }
 
                 if (!GREEDY_REALLOC(l, allocated, n + 2))
                         return -ENOMEM;
diff --git a/src/bootchart/bootchart.c b/src/bootchart/bootchart.c
index 322cec84a9..e61b58b5e5 100644
--- a/src/bootchart/bootchart.c
+++ b/src/bootchart/bootchart.c
@@ -438,10 +438,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 
                         res = nanosleep(&req, NULL);
                         if (res) {
-                                if (errno == EINTR) {
+                                if (errno == EINTR)
                                         /* caught signal, probably HUP! */
                                         break;
-                                }
                                 log_error_errno(errno, "nanosleep() failed: %m");
                                 return EXIT_FAILURE;
                         }
diff --git a/src/bootchart/svg.c b/src/bootchart/svg.c
index a7ef653d5d..1231e6eace 100644
--- a/src/bootchart/svg.c
+++ b/src/bootchart/svg.c
@@ -630,12 +630,11 @@ static void svg_io_bi_bar(FILE *of,
                                 pbi * (arg_scale_y * 5));
 
                 /* labels around highest value */
-                if (i == max_here) {
+                if (i == max_here)
                         fprintf(of, "  <text class=\"sec\" x=\"%.03f\" y=\"%.03f\">%0.2fmb/sec</text>\n",
                                 time_to_graph(sampledata->sampletime - graph_start) + 5,
                                 ((arg_scale_y * 5) - (pbi * (arg_scale_y * 5))) + 15,
                                 max / 1024.0 / (interval / 1000000000.0));
-                }
 
                 i++;
                 prev_sampledata = sampledata;
@@ -743,12 +742,11 @@ static void svg_io_bo_bar(FILE *of,
                                 pbo * (arg_scale_y * 5));
 
                 /* labels around highest bo value */
-                if (i == max_here) {
+                if (i == max_here)
                         fprintf(of, "  <text class=\"sec\" x=\"%.03f\" y=\"%.03f\">%0.2fmb/sec</text>\n",
                                 time_to_graph(sampledata->sampletime - graph_start) + 5,
                                 ((arg_scale_y * 5) - (pbo * (arg_scale_y * 5))),
                                 max / 1024.0 / (interval / 1000000000.0));
-                }
 
                 i++;
                 prev_sampledata = sampledata;
diff --git a/src/core/automount.c b/src/core/automount.c
index b8171ddad7..5bb61b95d3 100644
--- a/src/core/automount.c
+++ b/src/core/automount.c
@@ -127,8 +127,7 @@ static void automount_done(Unit *u) {
 
         unmount_autofs(a);
 
-        free(a->where);
-        a->where = NULL;
+        a->where = mfree(a->where);
 
         set_free(a->tokens);
         a->tokens = NULL;
diff --git a/src/core/busname.c b/src/core/busname.c
index d3c1282239..4020e9dd3c 100644
--- a/src/core/busname.c
+++ b/src/core/busname.c
@@ -95,8 +95,7 @@ static void busname_done(Unit *u) {
 
         assert(n);
 
-        free(n->name);
-        n->name = NULL;
+        n->name = mfree(n->name);
 
         busname_free_policy(n);
         busname_unwatch_control_pid(n);
diff --git a/src/core/dbus-execute.c b/src/core/dbus-execute.c
index 3c98a0b186..ed55fcfca2 100644
--- a/src/core/dbus-execute.c
+++ b/src/core/dbus-execute.c
@@ -786,8 +786,7 @@ int bus_exec_context_set_transient_property(
                 if (mode != UNIT_CHECK) {
 
                         if (isempty(uu)) {
-                                free(c->user);
-                                c->user = NULL;
+                                c->user = mfree(c->user);
                         } else {
                                 char *t;
 
@@ -814,8 +813,7 @@ int bus_exec_context_set_transient_property(
                 if (mode != UNIT_CHECK) {
 
                         if (isempty(gg)) {
-                                free(c->group);
-                                c->group = NULL;
+                                c->group = mfree(c->group);
                         } else {
                                 char *t;
 
diff --git a/src/core/device.c b/src/core/device.c
index 3f574b1832..7fdfacfddf 100644
--- a/src/core/device.c
+++ b/src/core/device.c
@@ -60,8 +60,7 @@ static void device_unset_sysfs(Device *d) {
         else
                 hashmap_remove(devices, d->sysfs);
 
-        free(d->sysfs);
-        d->sysfs = NULL;
+        d->sysfs = mfree(d->sysfs);
 }
 
 static int device_set_sysfs(Device *d, const char *sysfs) {
diff --git a/src/core/execute.c b/src/core/execute.c
index 28eeeaad18..cd3592b847 100644
--- a/src/core/execute.c
+++ b/src/core/execute.c
@@ -122,7 +122,8 @@ static int shift_fds(int fds[], unsigned n_fds) {
                         if (fds[i] == i+3)
                                 continue;
 
-                        if ((nfd = fcntl(fds[i], F_DUPFD, i+3)) < 0)
+                        nfd = fcntl(fds[i], F_DUPFD, i + 3);
+                        if (nfd < 0)
                                 return -errno;
 
                         safe_close(fds[i]);
@@ -156,14 +157,16 @@ static int flags_fds(const int fds[], unsigned n_fds, bool nonblock) {
 
         for (i = 0; i < n_fds; i++) {
 
-                if ((r = fd_nonblock(fds[i], nonblock)) < 0)
+                r = fd_nonblock(fds[i], nonblock);
+                if (r < 0)
                         return r;
 
                 /* We unconditionally drop FD_CLOEXEC from the fds,
                  * since after all we want to pass these fds to our
                  * children */
 
-                if ((r = fd_cloexec(fds[i], false)) < 0)
+                r = fd_cloexec(fds[i], false);
+                if (r < 0)
                         return r;
         }
 
@@ -315,7 +318,8 @@ static int open_terminal_as(const char *path, mode_t mode, int nfd) {
         assert(path);
         assert(nfd >= 0);
 
-        if ((fd = open_terminal(path, mode | O_NOCTTY)) < 0)
+        fd = open_terminal(path, mode | O_NOCTTY);
+        if (fd < 0)
                 return fd;
 
         if (fd != nfd) {
@@ -629,7 +633,8 @@ static int enforce_groups(const ExecContext *context, const char *username, gid_
                 if (context->group) {
                         const char *g = context->group;
 
-                        if ((r = get_group_creds(&g, &gid)) < 0)
+                        r = get_group_creds(&g, &gid);
+                        if (r < 0)
                                 return r;
                 }
 
@@ -658,7 +663,8 @@ static int enforce_groups(const ExecContext *context, const char *username, gid_
                         return -ENOMEM;
 
                 if (keep_groups) {
-                        if ((k = getgroups(ngroups_max, gids)) < 0) {
+                        k = getgroups(ngroups_max, gids);
+                        if (k < 0) {
                                 free(gids);
                                 return -errno;
                         }
@@ -922,8 +928,7 @@ fail:
                 log_error("PAM failed: %s", pam_strerror(handle, pam_code));
                 err = -EPERM;  /* PAM errors do not map to errno */
         } else {
-                log_error_errno(errno, "PAM failed: %m");
-                err = -errno;
+                err = log_error_errno(errno, "PAM failed: %m");
         }
 
         if (handle) {
@@ -1994,32 +1999,20 @@ void exec_context_done(ExecContext *c) {
         c->environment_files = NULL;
 
         for (l = 0; l < ELEMENTSOF(c->rlimit); l++) {
-                free(c->rlimit[l]);
-                c->rlimit[l] = NULL;
+                c->rlimit[l] = mfree(c->rlimit[l]);
         }
 
-        free(c->working_directory);
-        c->working_directory = NULL;
-        free(c->root_directory);
-        c->root_directory = NULL;
-
-        free(c->tty_path);
-        c->tty_path = NULL;
-
-        free(c->syslog_identifier);
-        c->syslog_identifier = NULL;
-
-        free(c->user);
-        c->user = NULL;
-
-        free(c->group);
-        c->group = NULL;
+        c->working_directory = mfree(c->working_directory);
+        c->root_directory = mfree(c->root_directory);
+        c->tty_path = mfree(c->tty_path);
+        c->syslog_identifier = mfree(c->syslog_identifier);
+        c->user = mfree(c->user);
+        c->group = mfree(c->group);
 
         strv_free(c->supplementary_groups);
         c->supplementary_groups = NULL;
 
-        free(c->pam_name);
-        c->pam_name = NULL;
+        c->pam_name = mfree(c->pam_name);
 
         if (c->capabilities) {
                 cap_free(c->capabilities);
@@ -2038,14 +2031,9 @@ void exec_context_done(ExecContext *c) {
         if (c->cpuset)
                 CPU_FREE(c->cpuset);
 
-        free(c->utmp_id);
-        c->utmp_id = NULL;
-
-        free(c->selinux_context);
-        c->selinux_context = NULL;
-
-        free(c->apparmor_profile);
-        c->apparmor_profile = NULL;
+        c->utmp_id = mfree(c->utmp_id);
+        c->selinux_context = mfree(c->selinux_context);
+        c->apparmor_profile = mfree(c->apparmor_profile);
 
         set_free(c->syscall_filter);
         c->syscall_filter = NULL;
@@ -2090,8 +2078,7 @@ int exec_context_destroy_runtime_directory(ExecContext *c, const char *runtime_p
 void exec_command_done(ExecCommand *c) {
         assert(c);
 
-        free(c->path);
-        c->path = NULL;
+        c->path = mfree(c->path);
 
         strv_free(c->argv);
         c->argv = NULL;
diff --git a/src/core/load-fragment.c b/src/core/load-fragment.c
index 542bf8eb26..b695c57da8 100644
--- a/src/core/load-fragment.c
+++ b/src/core/load-fragment.c
@@ -1215,8 +1215,7 @@ int config_parse_exec_selinux_context(
         assert(data);
 
         if (isempty(rvalue)) {
-                free(c->selinux_context);
-                c->selinux_context = NULL;
+                c->selinux_context = mfree(c->selinux_context);
                 c->selinux_context_ignore = false;
                 return 0;
         }
@@ -1265,8 +1264,7 @@ int config_parse_exec_apparmor_profile(
         assert(data);
 
         if (isempty(rvalue)) {
-                free(c->apparmor_profile);
-                c->apparmor_profile = NULL;
+                c->apparmor_profile = mfree(c->apparmor_profile);
                 c->apparmor_profile_ignore = false;
                 return 0;
         }
@@ -1315,8 +1313,7 @@ int config_parse_exec_smack_process_label(
         assert(data);
 
         if (isempty(rvalue)) {
-                free(c->smack_process_label);
-                c->smack_process_label = NULL;
+                c->smack_process_label = mfree(c->smack_process_label);
                 c->smack_process_label_ignore = false;
                 return 0;
         }
@@ -3571,13 +3568,11 @@ int unit_load_fragment(Unit *u) {
                 if (r < 0)
                         return r;
 
-                if (u->load_state == UNIT_STUB) {
+                if (u->load_state == UNIT_STUB)
                         /* Hmm, this didn't work? Then let's get rid
                          * of the fragment path stored for us, so that
                          * we don't point to an invalid location. */
-                        free(u->fragment_path);
-                        u->fragment_path = NULL;
-                }
+                        u->fragment_path = mfree(u->fragment_path);
         }
 
         /* Look for a template */
diff --git a/src/core/main.c b/src/core/main.c
index fe8f1924bd..9aaf244e71 100644
--- a/src/core/main.c
+++ b/src/core/main.c
@@ -1204,12 +1204,11 @@ static int status_welcome(void) {
                            "PRETTY_NAME", &pretty_name,
                            "ANSI_COLOR", &ansi_color,
                            NULL);
-        if (r == -ENOENT) {
+        if (r == -ENOENT)
                 r = parse_env_file("/usr/lib/os-release", NEWLINE,
                                    "PRETTY_NAME", &pretty_name,
                                    "ANSI_COLOR", &ansi_color,
                                    NULL);
-        }
 
         if (r < 0 && r != -ENOENT)
                 log_warning_errno(r, "Failed to read os-release file: %m");
@@ -1843,8 +1842,7 @@ finish:
         m = manager_free(m);
 
         for (j = 0; j < ELEMENTSOF(arg_default_rlimit); j++) {
-                free(arg_default_rlimit[j]);
-                arg_default_rlimit[j] = NULL;
+                arg_default_rlimit[j] = mfree(arg_default_rlimit[j]);
         }
 
         arg_default_unit = mfree(arg_default_unit);
diff --git a/src/core/manager.c b/src/core/manager.c
index 56f2c92feb..d918007bb8 100644
--- a/src/core/manager.c
+++ b/src/core/manager.c
@@ -674,8 +674,7 @@ static int manager_setup_notify(Manager *m) {
                 static const int one = 1;
 
                 /* First free all secondary fields */
-                free(m->notify_socket);
-                m->notify_socket = NULL;
+                m->notify_socket = mfree(m->notify_socket);
                 m->notify_event_source = sd_event_source_unref(m->notify_event_source);
 
                 fd = socket(AF_UNIX, SOCK_DGRAM|SOCK_CLOEXEC|SOCK_NONBLOCK, 0);
@@ -2793,10 +2792,8 @@ static void trim_generator_dir(Manager *m, char **generator) {
         if (!*generator)
                 return;
 
-        if (rmdir(*generator) >= 0) {
-                free(*generator);
-                *generator = NULL;
-        }
+        if (rmdir(*generator) >= 0)
+                *generator = mfree(*generator);
 
         return;
 }
@@ -2866,8 +2863,7 @@ static void remove_generator_dir(Manager *m, char **generator) {
         strv_remove(m->lookup_paths.unit_path, *generator);
         (void) rm_rf(*generator, REMOVE_ROOT);
 
-        free(*generator);
-        *generator = NULL;
+        *generator = mfree(*generator);
 }
 
 static void manager_undo_generators(Manager *m) {
diff --git a/src/core/mount.c b/src/core/mount.c
index 2b81d17b9c..83746ca412 100644
--- a/src/core/mount.c
+++ b/src/core/mount.c
@@ -203,8 +203,7 @@ static void mount_done(Unit *u) {
 
         assert(m);
 
-        free(m->where);
-        m->where = NULL;
+        m->where = mfree(m->where);
 
         mount_parameters_done(&m->parameters_proc_self_mountinfo);
         mount_parameters_done(&m->parameters_fragment);
diff --git a/src/core/namespace.c b/src/core/namespace.c
index 045321e1d4..0b85b859fa 100644
--- a/src/core/namespace.c
+++ b/src/core/namespace.c
@@ -288,8 +288,7 @@ static int mount_kdbus(BindMount *m) {
         /* create a new /dev/null dev node copy so we have some fodder to
          * bind-mount the custom endpoint over. */
         if (stat("/dev/null", &st) < 0) {
-                log_error_errno(errno, "Failed to stat /dev/null: %m");
-                r = -errno;
+                r = log_error_errno(errno, "Failed to stat /dev/null: %m");
                 goto fail;
         }
 
diff --git a/src/core/scope.c b/src/core/scope.c
index 35cf0621be..98395becfd 100644
--- a/src/core/scope.c
+++ b/src/core/scope.c
@@ -476,8 +476,7 @@ int scope_abandon(Scope *s) {
         if (!IN_SET(s->state, SCOPE_RUNNING, SCOPE_ABANDONED))
                 return -ESTALE;
 
-        free(s->controller);
-        s->controller = NULL;
+        s->controller = mfree(s->controller);
 
         /* The client is no longer watching the remaining processes,
          * so let's step in here, under the assumption that the
diff --git a/src/core/service.c b/src/core/service.c
index 292fe50de8..e396dbe213 100644
--- a/src/core/service.c
+++ b/src/core/service.c
@@ -142,8 +142,7 @@ static void service_unwatch_pid_file(Service *s) {
         log_unit_debug(UNIT(s), "Stopping watch for PID file %s", s->pid_file_pathspec->path);
         path_spec_unwatch(s->pid_file_pathspec);
         path_spec_done(s->pid_file_pathspec);
-        free(s->pid_file_pathspec);
-        s->pid_file_pathspec = NULL;
+        s->pid_file_pathspec = mfree(s->pid_file_pathspec);
 }
 
 static int service_set_main_pid(Service *s, pid_t pid) {
@@ -287,14 +286,9 @@ static void service_done(Unit *u) {
 
         assert(s);
 
-        free(s->pid_file);
-        s->pid_file = NULL;
-
-        free(s->status_text);
-        s->status_text = NULL;
-
-        free(s->reboot_arg);
-        s->reboot_arg = NULL;
+        s->pid_file = mfree(s->pid_file);
+        s->status_text = mfree(s->status_text);
+        s->reboot_arg = mfree(s->reboot_arg);
 
         s->exec_runtime = exec_runtime_unref(s->exec_runtime);
         exec_command_free_array(s->exec_command, _SERVICE_EXEC_COMMAND_MAX);
@@ -313,8 +307,7 @@ static void service_done(Unit *u) {
 
         if (s->bus_name)  {
                 unit_unwatch_bus_name(u, s->bus_name);
-                free(s->bus_name);
-                s->bus_name = NULL;
+                s->bus_name = mfree(s->bus_name);
         }
 
         s->bus_endpoint_fd = safe_close(s->bus_endpoint_fd);
@@ -702,13 +695,12 @@ static void service_dump(Unit *u, FILE *f, const char *prefix) {
                 fprintf(f, "%sStatus Text: %s\n",
                         prefix, s->status_text);
 
-        if (s->n_fd_store_max > 0) {
+        if (s->n_fd_store_max > 0)
                 fprintf(f,
                         "%sFile Descriptor Store Max: %u\n"
                         "%sFile Descriptor Store Current: %u\n",
                         prefix, s->n_fd_store_max,
                         prefix, s->n_fd_store);
-        }
 }
 
 static int service_load_pid_file(Service *s, bool may_warn) {
@@ -1939,8 +1931,7 @@ static int service_start(Unit *u) {
         s->forbid_restart = false;
         s->reset_cpu_usage = true;
 
-        free(s->status_text);
-        s->status_text = NULL;
+        s->status_text = mfree(s->status_text);
         s->status_errno = 0;
 
         s->notify_state = NOTIFY_UNKNOWN;
diff --git a/src/core/shutdown.c b/src/core/shutdown.c
index 8a6fd25f31..8cc6efc5b8 100644
--- a/src/core/shutdown.c
+++ b/src/core/shutdown.c
@@ -404,8 +404,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
                 exit(0);
         }
 
-        log_error_errno(errno, "Failed to invoke reboot(): %m");
-        r = -errno;
+        r = log_error_errno(errno, "Failed to invoke reboot(): %m");
 
   error:
         log_emergency_errno(r, "Critical error while doing system shutdown: %m");
diff --git a/src/core/socket.c b/src/core/socket.c
index 1014fad626..9db42a0333 100644
--- a/src/core/socket.c
+++ b/src/core/socket.c
@@ -135,11 +135,8 @@ static void socket_done(Unit *u) {
 
         unit_ref_unset(&s->service);
 
-        free(s->tcp_congestion);
-        s->tcp_congestion = NULL;
-
-        free(s->bind_to_device);
-        s->bind_to_device = NULL;
+        s->tcp_congestion = mfree(s->tcp_congestion);
+        s->bind_to_device = mfree(s->bind_to_device);
 
         free(s->smack);
         free(s->smack_ip_in);
@@ -985,7 +982,9 @@ static int fifo_address_create(
                 goto fail;
         }
 
-        if ((fd = open(path, O_RDWR|O_CLOEXEC|O_NOCTTY|O_NONBLOCK|O_NOFOLLOW)) < 0) {
+        fd = open(path,
+                  O_RDWR | O_CLOEXEC | O_NOCTTY | O_NONBLOCK | O_NOFOLLOW);
+        if (fd < 0) {
                 r = -errno;
                 goto fail;
         }
diff --git a/src/core/swap.c b/src/core/swap.c
index 2f462e339d..a26bc58cfc 100644
--- a/src/core/swap.c
+++ b/src/core/swap.c
@@ -59,8 +59,7 @@ static void swap_unset_proc_swaps(Swap *s) {
         if (!s->from_proc_swaps)
                 return;
 
-        free(s->parameters_proc_swaps.what);
-        s->parameters_proc_swaps.what = NULL;
+        s->parameters_proc_swaps.what = mfree(s->parameters_proc_swaps.what);
 
         s->from_proc_swaps = false;
 }
@@ -87,8 +86,7 @@ static int swap_set_devnode(Swap *s, const char *devnode) {
                 else
                         hashmap_remove(swaps, s->devnode);
 
-                free(s->devnode);
-                s->devnode = NULL;
+                s->devnode = mfree(s->devnode);
         }
 
         if (devnode) {
@@ -141,14 +139,9 @@ static void swap_done(Unit *u) {
         swap_unset_proc_swaps(s);
         swap_set_devnode(s, NULL);
 
-        free(s->what);
-        s->what = NULL;
-
-        free(s->parameters_fragment.what);
-        s->parameters_fragment.what = NULL;
-
-        free(s->parameters_fragment.options);
-        s->parameters_fragment.options = NULL;
+        s->what = mfree(s->what);
+        s->parameters_fragment.what = mfree(s->parameters_fragment.what);
+        s->parameters_fragment.options = mfree(s->parameters_fragment.options);
 
         s->exec_runtime = exec_runtime_unref(s->exec_runtime);
         exec_command_done_array(s->exec_command, _SWAP_EXEC_COMMAND_MAX);
diff --git a/src/core/transaction.c b/src/core/transaction.c
index 090103fbda..b8f69ec6f3 100644
--- a/src/core/transaction.c
+++ b/src/core/transaction.c
@@ -380,12 +380,10 @@ static int transaction_verify_order_one(Transaction *tr, Job *j, Job *from, unsi
                                          "Found dependency on %s/%s",
                                          k->unit->id, job_type_to_string(k->type));
 
-                        if (!delete && hashmap_get(tr->jobs, k->unit) &&
-                            !unit_matters_to_anchor(k->unit, k)) {
+                        if (!delete && hashmap_get(tr->jobs, k->unit) && !unit_matters_to_anchor(k->unit, k))
                                 /* Ok, we can drop this one, so let's
                                  * do so. */
                                 delete = k;
-                        }
 
                         /* Check if this in fact was the beginning of
                          * the cycle */
@@ -464,9 +462,11 @@ static int transaction_verify_order(Transaction *tr, unsigned *generation, sd_bu
 
         g = (*generation)++;
 
-        HASHMAP_FOREACH(j, tr->jobs, i)
-                if ((r = transaction_verify_order_one(tr, j, NULL, g, e)) < 0)
+        HASHMAP_FOREACH(j, tr->jobs, i) {
+                r = transaction_verify_order_one(tr, j, NULL, g, e);
+                if (r < 0)
                         return r;
+        }
 
         return 0;
 }
diff --git a/src/cryptsetup/cryptsetup.c b/src/cryptsetup/cryptsetup.c
index 74fa90a233..5d5872b7f4 100644
--- a/src/cryptsetup/cryptsetup.c
+++ b/src/cryptsetup/cryptsetup.c
@@ -329,12 +329,11 @@ static int get_password(const char *vol, const char *src, usec_t until, bool acc
         description = disk_description(src);
         mount_point = disk_mount_point(vol);
 
-        if (description && streq(vol, description)) {
+        if (description && streq(vol, description))
                 /* If the description string is simply the
                  * volume name, then let's not show this
                  * twice */
                 description = mfree(description);
-        }
 
         if (mount_point && description)
                 r = asprintf(&name_buffer, "%s (%s) on %s", description, vol, mount_point);
diff --git a/src/hostname/hostnamed.c b/src/hostname/hostnamed.c
index e90ae54156..cb837e9d03 100644
--- a/src/hostname/hostnamed.c
+++ b/src/hostname/hostnamed.c
@@ -64,8 +64,7 @@ static void context_reset(Context *c) {
         assert(c);
 
         for (p = 0; p < _PROP_MAX; p++) {
-                free(c->data[p]);
-                c->data[p] = NULL;
+                c->data[p] = mfree(c->data[p]);
         }
 }
 
@@ -114,12 +113,11 @@ static int context_read_data(Context *c) {
                            "PRETTY_NAME", &c->data[PROP_OS_PRETTY_NAME],
                            "CPE_NAME", &c->data[PROP_OS_CPE_NAME],
                            NULL);
-        if (r == -ENOENT) {
+        if (r == -ENOENT)
                 r = parse_env_file("/usr/lib/os-release", NEWLINE,
                                    "PRETTY_NAME", &c->data[PROP_OS_PRETTY_NAME],
                                    "CPE_NAME", &c->data[PROP_OS_CPE_NAME],
                                    NULL);
-        }
 
         if (r < 0 && r != -ENOENT)
                 return r;
@@ -498,8 +496,7 @@ static int method_set_static_hostname(sd_bus_message *m, void *userdata, sd_bus_
                 return 1; /* No authorization for now, but the async polkit stuff will call us again when it has it */
 
         if (isempty(name)) {
-                free(c->data[PROP_STATIC_HOSTNAME]);
-                c->data[PROP_STATIC_HOSTNAME] = NULL;
+                c->data[PROP_STATIC_HOSTNAME] = mfree(c->data[PROP_STATIC_HOSTNAME]);
         } else {
                 char *h;
 
@@ -570,8 +567,7 @@ static int set_machine_info(Context *c, sd_bus_message *m, int prop, sd_bus_mess
                 return 1; /* No authorization for now, but the async polkit stuff will call us again when it has it */
 
         if (isempty(name)) {
-                free(c->data[prop]);
-                c->data[prop] = NULL;
+                c->data[prop] = mfree(c->data[prop]);
         } else {
                 char *h;
 
diff --git a/src/import/export-tar.c b/src/import/export-tar.c
index 5adc748c50..43fa9d1b03 100644
--- a/src/import/export-tar.c
+++ b/src/import/export-tar.c
@@ -287,8 +287,7 @@ int tar_export_start(TarExport *e, const char *path, int fd, ImportCompressType
                 if (r >= 0)
                         e->quota_referenced = q.referenced;
 
-                free(e->temp_path);
-                e->temp_path = NULL;
+                e->temp_path = mfree(e->temp_path);
 
                 r = tempfn_random(path, NULL, &e->temp_path);
                 if (r < 0)
@@ -298,8 +297,7 @@ int tar_export_start(TarExport *e, const char *path, int fd, ImportCompressType
                 r = btrfs_subvol_snapshot_fd(sfd, e->temp_path, BTRFS_SNAPSHOT_READ_ONLY|BTRFS_SNAPSHOT_RECURSIVE);
                 if (r < 0) {
                         log_debug_errno(r, "Couldn't create snapshot %s of %s, not exporting atomically: %m", e->temp_path, path);
-                        free(e->temp_path);
-                        e->temp_path = NULL;
+                        e->temp_path = mfree(e->temp_path);
                 }
         }
 
diff --git a/src/import/import-raw.c b/src/import/import-raw.c
index a27e81bbd4..5f7d25d063 100644
--- a/src/import/import-raw.c
+++ b/src/import/import-raw.c
@@ -249,8 +249,7 @@ static int raw_import_finish(RawImport *i) {
         if (r < 0)
                 return log_error_errno(r, "Failed to move image into place: %m");
 
-        free(i->temp_path);
-        i->temp_path = NULL;
+        i->temp_path = mfree(i->temp_path);
 
         return 0;
 }
diff --git a/src/import/import-tar.c b/src/import/import-tar.c
index 7ffe83cc33..d2bfb30238 100644
--- a/src/import/import-tar.c
+++ b/src/import/import-tar.c
@@ -205,8 +205,7 @@ static int tar_import_finish(TarImport *i) {
         if (r < 0)
                 return log_error_errno(r, "Failed to move image into place: %m");
 
-        free(i->temp_path);
-        i->temp_path = NULL;
+        i->temp_path = mfree(i->temp_path);
 
         return 0;
 }
diff --git a/src/import/importd.c b/src/import/importd.c
index ffff94ee72..b91300a5df 100644
--- a/src/import/importd.c
+++ b/src/import/importd.c
@@ -600,12 +600,9 @@ static int manager_on_notify(sd_event_source *s, int fd, uint32_t revents, void
         cmsg_close_all(&msghdr);
 
         CMSG_FOREACH(cmsg, &msghdr) {
-                if (cmsg->cmsg_level == SOL_SOCKET &&
-                           cmsg->cmsg_type == SCM_CREDENTIALS &&
-                           cmsg->cmsg_len == CMSG_LEN(sizeof(struct ucred))) {
+                if (cmsg->cmsg_level == SOL_SOCKET && cmsg->cmsg_type == SCM_CREDENTIALS && cmsg->cmsg_len == CMSG_LEN(sizeof(struct ucred)))
 
                         ucred = (struct ucred*) CMSG_DATA(cmsg);
-                }
         }
 
         if (msghdr.msg_flags & MSG_TRUNC) {
diff --git a/src/import/pull-dkr.c b/src/import/pull-dkr.c
index 5ff49baa22..0dab184af1 100644
--- a/src/import/pull-dkr.c
+++ b/src/import/pull-dkr.c
@@ -1211,10 +1211,8 @@ static void dkr_pull_job_on_finished(PullJob *j) {
                 log_info("Completed writing to layer %s.", i->final_path);
 
                 i->layer_job = pull_job_unref(i->layer_job);
-                free(i->temp_path);
-                i->temp_path = NULL;
-                free(i->final_path);
-                i->final_path = NULL;
+                i->temp_path = mfree(i->temp_path);
+                i->final_path = mfree(i->final_path);
 
                 i->current_ancestry ++;
                 r = dkr_pull_pull_layer(i);
diff --git a/src/initctl/initctl.c b/src/initctl/initctl.c
index 19d6468fcc..6d08db74ef 100644
--- a/src/initctl/initctl.c
+++ b/src/initctl/initctl.c
@@ -269,8 +269,8 @@ static int server_init(Server *s, unsigned n_sockets) {
 
         s->epoll_fd = epoll_create1(EPOLL_CLOEXEC);
         if (s->epoll_fd < 0) {
-                r = -errno;
-                log_error_errno(errno, "Failed to create epoll object: %m");
+                r = log_error_errno(errno,
+                                    "Failed to create epoll object: %m");
                 goto fail;
         }
 
@@ -399,13 +399,10 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
                 struct epoll_event event;
                 int k;
 
-                if ((k = epoll_wait(server.epoll_fd,
-                                    &event, 1,
-                                    TIMEOUT_MSEC)) < 0) {
-
+                k = epoll_wait(server.epoll_fd, &event, 1, TIMEOUT_MSEC);
+                if (k < 0) {
                         if (errno == EINTR)
                                 continue;
-
                         log_error_errno(errno, "epoll_wait() failed: %m");
                         goto fail;
                 }
diff --git a/src/journal-remote/journal-gatewayd.c b/src/journal-remote/journal-gatewayd.c
index ebdd9edfc3..bb762c8832 100644
--- a/src/journal-remote/journal-gatewayd.c
+++ b/src/journal-remote/journal-gatewayd.c
@@ -337,10 +337,8 @@ static int request_parse_range(
                 return -ENOMEM;
 
         m->cursor[strcspn(m->cursor, WHITESPACE)] = 0;
-        if (isempty(m->cursor)) {
-                free(m->cursor);
-                m->cursor = NULL;
-        }
+        if (isempty(m->cursor))
+                m->cursor = mfree(m->cursor);
 
         return 0;
 }
diff --git a/src/journal-remote/journal-remote-write.c b/src/journal-remote/journal-remote-write.c
index 99820fa7b8..40f4ff8e58 100644
--- a/src/journal-remote/journal-remote-write.c
+++ b/src/journal-remote/journal-remote-write.c
@@ -30,8 +30,7 @@ int iovw_put(struct iovec_wrapper *iovw, void* data, size_t len) {
 }
 
 void iovw_free_contents(struct iovec_wrapper *iovw) {
-        free(iovw->iovec);
-        iovw->iovec = NULL;
+        iovw->iovec = mfree(iovw->iovec);
         iovw->size_bytes = iovw->count = 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/journal-remote/journal-remote.c b/src/journal-remote/journal-remote.c
index cdcda1cb52..bdf01f582c 100644
--- a/src/journal-remote/journal-remote.c
+++ b/src/journal-remote/journal-remote.c
@@ -88,8 +88,7 @@ static int spawn_child(const char* child, char** argv) {
 
         child_pid = fork();
         if (child_pid < 0) {
-                r = -errno;
-                log_error_errno(errno, "Failed to fork: %m");
+                r = log_error_errno(errno, "Failed to fork: %m");
                 safe_close_pair(fd);
                 return r;
         }
diff --git a/src/journal-remote/journal-upload-journal.c b/src/journal-remote/journal-upload-journal.c
index 5fd639a76a..507210f51c 100644
--- a/src/journal-remote/journal-upload-journal.c
+++ b/src/journal-remote/journal-upload-journal.c
@@ -21,8 +21,7 @@ static ssize_t write_entry(char *buf, size_t size, Uploader *u) {
 
                 switch(u->entry_state) {
                 case ENTRY_CURSOR: {
-                        free(u->current_cursor);
-                        u->current_cursor = NULL;
+                        u->current_cursor = mfree(u->current_cursor);
 
                         r = sd_journal_get_cursor(u->journal, &u->current_cursor);
                         if (r < 0)
@@ -375,10 +374,9 @@ int open_journal_for_upload(Uploader *u,
 
         if (cursor) {
                 r = sd_journal_seek_cursor(j, cursor);
-                if (r < 0) {
+                if (r < 0)
                         return log_error_errno(r, "Failed to seek to cursor %s: %m",
                                                cursor);
-                }
         }
 
         return process_journal_input(u, 1 + !!after_cursor);
diff --git a/src/journal/cat.c b/src/journal/cat.c
index 2e236f0004..be2c2e3354 100644
--- a/src/journal/cat.c
+++ b/src/journal/cat.c
@@ -142,8 +142,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 
         if (dup3(fd, STDOUT_FILENO, 0) < 0 ||
             dup3(fd, STDERR_FILENO, 0) < 0) {
-                log_error_errno(errno, "Failed to duplicate fd: %m");
-                r = -errno;
+                r = log_error_errno(errno, "Failed to duplicate fd: %m");
                 goto finish;
         }
 
diff --git a/src/journal/coredumpctl.c b/src/journal/coredumpctl.c
index 644ba91b0d..0fa427003b 100644
--- a/src/journal/coredumpctl.c
+++ b/src/journal/coredumpctl.c
@@ -631,8 +631,8 @@ static int save_core(sd_journal *j, int fd, char **path, bool *unlink_temp) {
 
                         sz = write(fdt, data, len);
                         if (sz < 0) {
-                                log_error_errno(errno, "Failed to write temporary file: %m");
-                                r = -errno;
+                                r = log_error_errno(errno,
+                                                    "Failed to write temporary file: %m");
                                 goto error;
                         }
                         if (sz != (ssize_t) len) {
@@ -758,8 +758,7 @@ static int run_gdb(sd_journal *j) {
 
         pid = fork();
         if (pid < 0) {
-                log_error_errno(errno, "Failed to fork(): %m");
-                r = -errno;
+                r = log_error_errno(errno, "Failed to fork(): %m");
                 goto finish;
         }
         if (pid == 0) {
diff --git a/src/journal/journal-verify.c b/src/journal/journal-verify.c
index eaf006db7a..00f70d3a53 100644
--- a/src/journal/journal-verify.c
+++ b/src/journal/journal-verify.c
@@ -839,22 +839,20 @@ int journal_file_verify(
 
         data_fd = open_tmpfile("/var/tmp", O_RDWR | O_CLOEXEC);
         if (data_fd < 0) {
-                log_error_errno(errno, "Failed to create data file: %m");
-                r = -errno;
+                r = log_error_errno(errno, "Failed to create data file: %m");
                 goto fail;
         }
 
         entry_fd = open_tmpfile("/var/tmp", O_RDWR | O_CLOEXEC);
         if (entry_fd < 0) {
-                log_error_errno(errno, "Failed to create entry file: %m");
-                r = -errno;
+                r = log_error_errno(errno, "Failed to create entry file: %m");
                 goto fail;
         }
 
         entry_array_fd = open_tmpfile("/var/tmp", O_RDWR | O_CLOEXEC);
         if (entry_array_fd < 0) {
-                log_error_errno(errno, "Failed to create entry array file: %m");
-                r = -errno;
+                r = log_error_errno(errno,
+                                    "Failed to create entry array file: %m");
                 goto fail;
         }
 
diff --git a/src/journal/journalctl.c b/src/journal/journalctl.c
index ce2dd9da26..d31ab1c6d7 100644
--- a/src/journal/journalctl.c
+++ b/src/journal/journalctl.c
@@ -1428,8 +1428,7 @@ static int setup_keys(void) {
 
         fd = open("/dev/random", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC|O_NOCTTY);
         if (fd < 0) {
-                log_error_errno(errno, "Failed to open /dev/random: %m");
-                r = -errno;
+                r = log_error_errno(errno, "Failed to open /dev/random: %m");
                 goto finish;
         }
 
@@ -1488,8 +1487,7 @@ static int setup_keys(void) {
         }
 
         if (link(k, p) < 0) {
-                log_error_errno(errno, "Failed to link file: %m");
-                r = -errno;
+                r = log_error_errno(errno, "Failed to link file: %m");
                 goto finish;
         }
 
diff --git a/src/journal/journald-audit.c b/src/journal/journald-audit.c
index 83c3332abf..fe8ae194c9 100644
--- a/src/journal/journald-audit.c
+++ b/src/journal/journald-audit.c
@@ -324,10 +324,9 @@ static int map_all_fields(
                         if (r < 0)
                                 return log_debug_errno(r, "Failed to parse audit array: %m");
 
-                        if (r == 0) {
+                        if (r == 0)
                                 /* Couldn't process as generic field, let's just skip over it */
                                 p += strcspn(p, WHITESPACE);
-                        }
                 }
         }
 }
diff --git a/src/journal/test-journal-verify.c b/src/journal/test-journal-verify.c
index d24502d9a8..9dd9cb853f 100644
--- a/src/journal/test-journal-verify.c
+++ b/src/journal/test-journal-verify.c
@@ -118,12 +118,11 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 
         assert_se(journal_file_verify(f, verification_key, &from, &to, &total, true) >= 0);
 
-        if (verification_key && JOURNAL_HEADER_SEALED(f->header)) {
+        if (verification_key && JOURNAL_HEADER_SEALED(f->header))
                 log_info("=> Validated from %s to %s, %s missing",
                          format_timestamp(a, sizeof(a), from),
                          format_timestamp(b, sizeof(b), to),
                          format_timespan(c, sizeof(c), total > to ? total - to : 0, 0));
-        }
 
         journal_file_close(f);
 
diff --git a/src/libsystemd-network/sd-ipv4ll.c b/src/libsystemd-network/sd-ipv4ll.c
index 0fc05e1484..14b9444dab 100644
--- a/src/libsystemd-network/sd-ipv4ll.c
+++ b/src/libsystemd-network/sd-ipv4ll.c
@@ -463,9 +463,8 @@ int sd_ipv4ll_get_address(sd_ipv4ll *ll, struct in_addr *address){
         assert_return(ll, -EINVAL);
         assert_return(address, -EINVAL);
 
-        if (ll->claimed_address == 0) {
+        if (ll->claimed_address == 0)
                 return -ENOENT;
-        }
 
         address->s_addr = ll->claimed_address;
         return 0;
diff --git a/src/libsystemd/sd-bus/bus-creds.c b/src/libsystemd/sd-bus/bus-creds.c
index c3cc2b7212..6826e21665 100644
--- a/src/libsystemd/sd-bus/bus-creds.c
+++ b/src/libsystemd/sd-bus/bus-creds.c
@@ -107,8 +107,7 @@ _public_ sd_bus_creds *sd_bus_creds_unref(sd_bus_creds *c) {
                         free(c->cgroup_root);
                         free(c->description);
 
-                        free(c->supplementary_gids);
-                        c->supplementary_gids = NULL;
+                        c->supplementary_gids = mfree(c->supplementary_gids);
 
                         strv_free(c->well_known_names);
                         c->well_known_names = NULL;
@@ -1015,10 +1014,8 @@ int bus_creds_add_more(sd_bus_creds *c, uint64_t mask, pid_t pid, pid_t tid) {
                         if (r != -EPERM && r != -EACCES)
                                 return r;
                 } else {
-                        if (c->cmdline_size == 0) {
-                                free(c->cmdline);
-                                c->cmdline = NULL;
-                        }
+                        if (c->cmdline_size == 0)
+                                c->cmdline = mfree(c->cmdline);
 
                         c->mask |= SD_BUS_CREDS_CMDLINE;
                 }
diff --git a/src/libsystemd/sd-bus/bus-message.c b/src/libsystemd/sd-bus/bus-message.c
index 366a026426..72e2b9f785 100644
--- a/src/libsystemd/sd-bus/bus-message.c
+++ b/src/libsystemd/sd-bus/bus-message.c
@@ -113,8 +113,7 @@ static void message_reset_containers(sd_bus_message *m) {
                 free(m->containers[i].offsets);
         }
 
-        free(m->containers);
-        m->containers = NULL;
+        m->containers = mfree(m->containers);
 
         m->n_containers = m->containers_allocated = 0;
         m->root_container.index = 0;
diff --git a/src/libsystemd/sd-bus/busctl-introspect.c b/src/libsystemd/sd-bus/busctl-introspect.c
index 03e83d08a1..abe482fc46 100644
--- a/src/libsystemd/sd-bus/busctl-introspect.c
+++ b/src/libsystemd/sd-bus/busctl-introspect.c
@@ -55,8 +55,7 @@ static void context_reset_member(Context *c) {
 }
 
 static void context_reset_interface(Context *c) {
-        free(c->interface_name);
-        c->interface_name = NULL;
+        c->interface_name = mfree(c->interface_name);
         c->interface_flags = 0;
 
         context_reset_member(c);
diff --git a/src/libsystemd/sd-bus/sd-bus.c b/src/libsystemd/sd-bus/sd-bus.c
index 4a9181613a..2ac4b9be8e 100644
--- a/src/libsystemd/sd-bus/sd-bus.c
+++ b/src/libsystemd/sd-bus/sd-bus.c
@@ -820,8 +820,7 @@ static int parse_container_unix_address(sd_bus *b, const char **p, char **guid)
                 b->machine = machine;
                 machine = NULL;
         } else {
-                free(b->machine);
-                b->machine = NULL;
+                b->machine = mfree(b->machine);
         }
 
         if (pid) {
@@ -880,8 +879,7 @@ static int parse_container_kernel_address(sd_bus *b, const char **p, char **guid
                 b->machine = machine;
                 machine = NULL;
         } else {
-                free(b->machine);
-                b->machine = NULL;
+                b->machine = mfree(b->machine);
         }
 
         if (pid) {
diff --git a/src/libsystemd/sd-netlink/netlink-message.c b/src/libsystemd/sd-netlink/netlink-message.c
index aee2ced2d9..7ac8949830 100644
--- a/src/libsystemd/sd-netlink/netlink-message.c
+++ b/src/libsystemd/sd-netlink/netlink-message.c
@@ -843,8 +843,7 @@ int sd_netlink_message_exit_container(sd_netlink_message *m) {
         assert_return(m->sealed, -EINVAL);
         assert_return(m->n_containers > 0, -EINVAL);
 
-        free(m->containers[m->n_containers].attributes);
-        m->containers[m->n_containers].attributes = NULL;
+        m->containers[m->n_containers].attributes = mfree(m->containers[m->n_containers].attributes);
         m->containers[m->n_containers].type_system = NULL;
 
         m->n_containers --;
@@ -894,16 +893,14 @@ int sd_netlink_message_rewind(sd_netlink_message *m) {
                 rtnl_message_seal(m);
 
         for (i = 1; i <= m->n_containers; i++) {
-                free(m->containers[i].attributes);
-                m->containers[i].attributes = NULL;
+                m->containers[i].attributes = mfree(m->containers[i].attributes);
         }
 
         m->n_containers = 0;
 
-        if (m->containers[0].attributes) {
+        if (m->containers[0].attributes)
                 /* top-level attributes have already been parsed */
                 return 0;
-        }
 
         assert(m->hdr);
 
diff --git a/src/libudev/libudev-list.c b/src/libudev/libudev-list.c
index 044ee3a0cb..19e9130be0 100644
--- a/src/libudev/libudev-list.c
+++ b/src/libudev/libudev-list.c
@@ -246,8 +246,7 @@ void udev_list_cleanup(struct udev_list *list)
         struct udev_list_entry *entry_loop;
         struct udev_list_entry *entry_tmp;
 
-        free(list->entries);
-        list->entries = NULL;
+        list->entries = mfree(list->entries);
         list->entries_cur = 0;
         list->entries_max = 0;
         udev_list_entry_foreach_safe(entry_loop, entry_tmp, udev_list_get_entry(list))
diff --git a/src/login/logind-button.c b/src/login/logind-button.c
index 210b889c4f..f40e35a8cb 100644
--- a/src/login/logind-button.c
+++ b/src/login/logind-button.c
@@ -66,12 +66,11 @@ void button_free(Button *b) {
         sd_event_source_unref(b->io_event_source);
         sd_event_source_unref(b->check_event_source);
 
-        if (b->fd >= 0) {
+        if (b->fd >= 0)
                 /* If the device has been unplugged close() returns
                  * ENODEV, let's ignore this, hence we don't use
                  * safe_close() */
                 (void) close(b->fd);
-        }
 
         free(b->name);
         free(b->seat);
@@ -239,10 +238,7 @@ int button_open(Button *b) {
 
         assert(b);
 
-        if (b->fd >= 0) {
-                close(b->fd);
-                b->fd = -1;
-        }
+        b->fd = safe_close(b->fd);
 
         p = strjoina("/dev/input/", b->name);
 
@@ -251,8 +247,7 @@ int button_open(Button *b) {
                 return log_warning_errno(errno, "Failed to open %s: %m", b->name);
 
         if (ioctl(b->fd, EVIOCGNAME(sizeof(name)), name) < 0) {
-                log_error_errno(errno, "Failed to get input name: %m");
-                r = -errno;
+                r = log_error_errno(errno, "Failed to get input name: %m");
                 goto fail;
         }
 
@@ -267,8 +262,7 @@ int button_open(Button *b) {
         return 0;
 
 fail:
-        close(b->fd);
-        b->fd = -1;
+        b->fd = safe_close(b->fd);
         return r;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/login/logind-dbus.c b/src/login/logind-dbus.c
index b6fa50aa52..050d0252ad 100644
--- a/src/login/logind-dbus.c
+++ b/src/login/logind-dbus.c
@@ -1987,8 +1987,7 @@ static int method_cancel_scheduled_shutdown(sd_bus_message *message, void *userd
         m->scheduled_shutdown_timeout_source = sd_event_source_unref(m->scheduled_shutdown_timeout_source);
         m->wall_message_timeout_source = sd_event_source_unref(m->wall_message_timeout_source);
         m->nologin_timeout_source = sd_event_source_unref(m->nologin_timeout_source);
-        free(m->scheduled_shutdown_type);
-        m->scheduled_shutdown_type = NULL;
+        m->scheduled_shutdown_type = mfree(m->scheduled_shutdown_type);
         m->scheduled_shutdown_timeout = 0;
 
         if (m->unlink_nologin) {
diff --git a/src/login/logind-inhibit.c b/src/login/logind-inhibit.c
index cfae186edd..0c9c1e5e97 100644
--- a/src/login/logind-inhibit.c
+++ b/src/login/logind-inhibit.c
@@ -333,8 +333,7 @@ void inhibitor_remove_fifo(Inhibitor *i) {
 
         if (i->fifo_path) {
                 unlink(i->fifo_path);
-                free(i->fifo_path);
-                i->fifo_path = NULL;
+                i->fifo_path = mfree(i->fifo_path);
         }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/login/logind-session.c b/src/login/logind-session.c
index 92a6027a7e..d2c5a29801 100644
--- a/src/login/logind-session.c
+++ b/src/login/logind-session.c
@@ -913,8 +913,7 @@ static void session_remove_fifo(Session *s) {
 
         if (s->fifo_path) {
                 unlink(s->fifo_path);
-                free(s->fifo_path);
-                s->fifo_path = NULL;
+                s->fifo_path = mfree(s->fifo_path);
         }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/login/logind-user.c b/src/login/logind-user.c
index 5d8a7571cd..f2c89e3653 100644
--- a/src/login/logind-user.c
+++ b/src/login/logind-user.c
@@ -560,8 +560,7 @@ static int user_remove_runtime_path(User *u) {
         if (r < 0)
                 log_error_errno(r, "Failed to remove runtime directory %s: %m", u->runtime_path);
 
-        free(u->runtime_path);
-        u->runtime_path = NULL;
+        u->runtime_path = mfree(u->runtime_path);
 
         return r;
 }
diff --git a/src/machine/machine.c b/src/machine/machine.c
index a056ec3b08..b52ecd015c 100644
--- a/src/machine/machine.c
+++ b/src/machine/machine.c
@@ -600,8 +600,7 @@ void machine_release_unit(Machine *m) {
                 return;
 
         (void) hashmap_remove(m->manager->machine_units, m->unit);
-        free(m->unit);
-        m->unit = NULL;
+        m->unit = mfree(m->unit);
 }
 
 static const char* const machine_class_table[_MACHINE_CLASS_MAX] = {
diff --git a/src/machine/machinectl.c b/src/machine/machinectl.c
index bb8c5ac64b..7b8f6d1fab 100644
--- a/src/machine/machinectl.c
+++ b/src/machine/machinectl.c
@@ -597,7 +597,7 @@ static void print_machine_status_info(sd_bus *bus, MachineStatusInfo *i) {
                 printf("\t    Unit: %s\n", i->unit);
                 show_unit_cgroup(bus, i->unit, i->leader);
 
-                if (arg_transport == BUS_TRANSPORT_LOCAL) {
+                if (arg_transport == BUS_TRANSPORT_LOCAL)
 
                         show_journal_by_unit(
                                         stdout,
@@ -611,7 +611,6 @@ static void print_machine_status_info(sd_bus *bus, MachineStatusInfo *i) {
                                         SD_JOURNAL_LOCAL_ONLY,
                                         true,
                                         NULL);
-                }
         }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/network/networkd-netdev-bond.c b/src/network/networkd-netdev-bond.c
index a60034dbe6..12e2321674 100644
--- a/src/network/networkd-netdev-bond.c
+++ b/src/network/networkd-netdev-bond.c
@@ -204,9 +204,8 @@ static int netdev_bond_fill_message_create(NetDev *netdev, Link *link, sd_netlin
         if (b->lacp_rate != _NETDEV_BOND_LACP_RATE_INVALID &&
             b->mode == NETDEV_BOND_MODE_802_3AD) {
                 r = sd_netlink_message_append_u8(m, IFLA_BOND_AD_LACP_RATE, b->lacp_rate );
-                if (r < 0) {
+                if (r < 0)
                         return log_netdev_error_errno(netdev, r, "Could not append IFLA_BOND_AD_LACP_RATE attribute: %m");
-                }
         }
 
         if (b->miimon != 0) {
diff --git a/src/network/networkd-netdev-tuntap.c b/src/network/networkd-netdev-tuntap.c
index ba84e802fc..6a808b6205 100644
--- a/src/network/networkd-netdev-tuntap.c
+++ b/src/network/networkd-netdev-tuntap.c
@@ -143,11 +143,8 @@ static void tuntap_done(NetDev *netdev) {
 
         assert(t);
 
-        free(t->user_name);
-        t->user_name = NULL;
-
-        free(t->group_name);
-        t->group_name = NULL;
+        t->user_name = mfree(t->user_name);
+        t->group_name = mfree(t->group_name);
 }
 
 static int tuntap_verify(NetDev *netdev, const char *filename) {
diff --git a/src/network/networkd-wait-online-link.c b/src/network/networkd-wait-online-link.c
index 2d5123788c..cacb4c257e 100644
--- a/src/network/networkd-wait-online-link.c
+++ b/src/network/networkd-wait-online-link.c
@@ -120,13 +120,11 @@ int link_update_rtnl(Link *l, sd_netlink_message *m) {
 int link_update_monitor(Link *l) {
         assert(l);
 
-        free(l->operational_state);
-        l->operational_state = NULL;
+        l->operational_state = mfree(l->operational_state);
 
         sd_network_link_get_operational_state(l->ifindex, &l->operational_state);
 
-        free(l->state);
-        l->state = NULL;
+        l->state = mfree(l->state);
 
         sd_network_link_get_setup_state(l->ifindex, &l->state);
 
diff --git a/src/random-seed/random-seed.c b/src/random-seed/random-seed.c
index 92176b1e9f..f4778fc16a 100644
--- a/src/random-seed/random-seed.c
+++ b/src/random-seed/random-seed.c
@@ -54,10 +54,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
         /* Read pool size, if possible */
         f = fopen("/proc/sys/kernel/random/poolsize", "re");
         if (f) {
-                if (fscanf(f, "%zu", &buf_size) > 0) {
+                if (fscanf(f, "%zu", &buf_size) > 0)
                         /* poolsize is in bits on 2.6, but we want bytes */
                         buf_size /= 8;
-                }
 
                 fclose(f);
         }
diff --git a/src/resolve-host/resolve-host.c b/src/resolve-host/resolve-host.c
index 9847effb53..22af092cc0 100644
--- a/src/resolve-host/resolve-host.c
+++ b/src/resolve-host/resolve-host.c
@@ -168,11 +168,10 @@ static int resolve_host(sd_bus *bus, const char *name) {
         if (r < 0)
                 return bus_log_parse_error(r);
 
-        if (!streq(name, canonical)) {
+        if (!streq(name, canonical))
                 printf("%*s%s (%s)\n",
                        (int) strlen(name), c == 0 ? name : "", c == 0 ? ":" : " ",
                        canonical);
-        }
 
         if (c == 0) {
                 log_error("%s: no addresses found", name);
diff --git a/src/resolve/resolved-dns-cache.c b/src/resolve/resolved-dns-cache.c
index ef6b69c768..cbbbed8c8a 100644
--- a/src/resolve/resolved-dns-cache.c
+++ b/src/resolve/resolved-dns-cache.c
@@ -241,12 +241,11 @@ static void dns_cache_item_update_positive(DnsCache *c, DnsCacheItem *i, DnsReso
 
         i->type = DNS_CACHE_POSITIVE;
 
-        if (!i->by_key_prev) {
+        if (!i->by_key_prev)
                 /* We are the first item in the list, we need to
                  * update the key used in the hashmap */
 
                 assert_se(hashmap_replace(c->by_key, rr->key, i) >= 0);
-        }
 
         dns_resource_record_ref(rr);
         dns_resource_record_unref(i->rr);
diff --git a/src/resolve/resolved-manager.c b/src/resolve/resolved-manager.c
index 13852192c4..de924e3ed9 100644
--- a/src/resolve/resolved-manager.c
+++ b/src/resolve/resolved-manager.c
@@ -619,8 +619,7 @@ int manager_read_resolv_conf(Manager *m) {
         }
 
         if (fstat(fileno(f), &st) < 0) {
-                log_error_errno(errno, "Failed to stat open file: %m");
-                r = -errno;
+                r = log_error_errno(errno, "Failed to stat open file: %m");
                 goto clear;
         }
 
diff --git a/src/shared/ask-password-api.c b/src/shared/ask-password-api.c
index ca4c24ebde..f5cff6fc56 100644
--- a/src/shared/ask-password-api.c
+++ b/src/shared/ask-password-api.c
@@ -331,8 +331,8 @@ int ask_password_agent(
 
         fd = mkostemp_safe(temp, O_WRONLY|O_CLOEXEC);
         if (fd < 0) {
-                log_error_errno(errno, "Failed to create password file: %m");
-                r = -errno;
+                r = log_error_errno(errno,
+                                    "Failed to create password file: %m");
                 goto finish;
         }
 
@@ -340,8 +340,7 @@ int ask_password_agent(
 
         f = fdopen(fd, "w");
         if (!f) {
-                log_error_errno(errno, "Failed to allocate FILE: %m");
-                r = -errno;
+                r = log_error_errno(errno, "Failed to allocate FILE: %m");
                 goto finish;
         }
 
@@ -349,8 +348,7 @@ int ask_password_agent(
 
         signal_fd = signalfd(-1, &mask, SFD_NONBLOCK|SFD_CLOEXEC);
         if (signal_fd < 0) {
-                log_error_errno(errno, "signalfd(): %m");
-                r = -errno;
+                r = log_error_errno(errno, "signalfd(): %m");
                 goto finish;
         }
 
@@ -395,8 +393,7 @@ int ask_password_agent(
         final[sizeof(final)-9] = 'k';
 
         if (rename(temp, final) < 0) {
-                log_error_errno(errno, "Failed to rename query file: %m");
-                r = -errno;
+                r = log_error_errno(errno, "Failed to rename query file: %m");
                 goto finish;
         }
 
@@ -432,8 +429,7 @@ int ask_password_agent(
                         if (errno == EINTR)
                                 continue;
 
-                        log_error_errno(errno, "poll() failed: %m");
-                        r = -errno;
+                        r = log_error_errno(errno, "poll() failed: %m");
                         goto finish;
                 }
 
@@ -471,8 +467,7 @@ int ask_password_agent(
                             errno == EINTR)
                                 continue;
 
-                        log_error_errno(errno, "recvmsg() failed: %m");
-                        r = -errno;
+                        r = log_error_errno(errno, "recvmsg() failed: %m");
                         goto finish;
                 }
 
diff --git a/src/shared/bus-util.c b/src/shared/bus-util.c
index d9cc19700e..36c44227c5 100644
--- a/src/shared/bus-util.c
+++ b/src/shared/bus-util.c
@@ -1884,11 +1884,8 @@ int bus_wait_for_jobs(BusWaitForJobs *d, bool quiet) {
                         log_debug_errno(q, "Got result %s/%m for job %s", strna(d->result), strna(d->name));
                 }
 
-                free(d->name);
-                d->name = NULL;
-
-                free(d->result);
-                d->result = NULL;
+                d->name = mfree(d->name);
+                d->result = mfree(d->result);
         }
 
         return r;
diff --git a/src/shared/conf-parser.c b/src/shared/conf-parser.c
index 36150d8744..23512f0d35 100644
--- a/src/shared/conf-parser.c
+++ b/src/shared/conf-parser.c
@@ -232,8 +232,7 @@ static int parse_line(const char* unit,
                                            "Unknown section '%s'. Ignoring.", n);
 
                         free(n);
-                        free(*section);
-                        *section = NULL;
+                        *section = mfree(*section);
                         *section_line = 0;
                         *section_ignored = true;
                 } else {
diff --git a/src/shared/logs-show.c b/src/shared/logs-show.c
index 9a5ffb7a6c..7790c1a3c8 100644
--- a/src/shared/logs-show.c
+++ b/src/shared/logs-show.c
@@ -334,10 +334,9 @@ static int output_short(
                         break;
                 case OUTPUT_SHORT_PRECISE:
                         r = strftime(buf, sizeof(buf), "%b %d %H:%M:%S", gettime_r(&t, &tm));
-                        if (r > 0) {
+                        if (r > 0)
                                 snprintf(buf + strlen(buf), sizeof(buf) - strlen(buf),
                                          ".%06llu", (unsigned long long) (x % USEC_PER_SEC));
-                        }
                         break;
                 default:
                         r = strftime(buf, sizeof(buf), "%b %d %H:%M:%S", gettime_r(&t, &tm));
diff --git a/src/shared/pager.c b/src/shared/pager.c
index 3992f9c837..55fd5cb79e 100644
--- a/src/shared/pager.c
+++ b/src/shared/pager.c
@@ -74,8 +74,7 @@ int pager_open(bool jump_to_end) {
 
         pager_pid = fork();
         if (pager_pid < 0) {
-                r = -errno;
-                log_error_errno(errno, "Failed to fork pager: %m");
+                r = log_error_errno(errno, "Failed to fork pager: %m");
                 safe_close_pair(fd);
                 return r;
         }
diff --git a/src/systemctl/systemctl.c b/src/systemctl/systemctl.c
index 96c39aa0a9..a82b9b83a2 100644
--- a/src/systemctl/systemctl.c
+++ b/src/systemctl/systemctl.c
@@ -3585,7 +3585,7 @@ static void print_status_info(
                 }
         }
 
-        if (i->id && arg_transport == BUS_TRANSPORT_LOCAL) {
+        if (i->id && arg_transport == BUS_TRANSPORT_LOCAL)
                 show_journal_by_unit(
                                 stdout,
                                 i->id,
@@ -3598,7 +3598,6 @@ static void print_status_info(
                                 SD_JOURNAL_LOCAL_ONLY,
                                 arg_scope == UNIT_FILE_SYSTEM,
                                 ellipsized);
-        }
 
         if (i->need_daemon_reload)
                 warn_unit_file_changed(i->id);
diff --git a/src/test/test-loopback.c b/src/test/test-loopback.c
index c03bda4382..e3e5a95add 100644
--- a/src/test/test-loopback.c
+++ b/src/test/test-loopback.c
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
         log_open();
         log_parse_environment();
 
-        if ((r = loopback_setup()) < 0)
+        r = loopback_setup();
+        if (r < 0)
                 fprintf(stderr, "loopback: %s\n", strerror(-r));
 
         return 0;
diff --git a/src/udev/net/ethtool-util.c b/src/udev/net/ethtool-util.c
index 927b8abc64..a4b05d1bec 100644
--- a/src/udev/net/ethtool-util.c
+++ b/src/udev/net/ethtool-util.c
@@ -54,9 +54,8 @@ int ethtool_connect(int *ret) {
         assert_return(ret, -EINVAL);
 
         fd = socket(PF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, 0);
-        if (fd < 0) {
+        if (fd < 0)
                 return -errno;
-        }
 
         *ret = fd;
 
diff --git a/src/udev/scsi_id/scsi_serial.c b/src/udev/scsi_id/scsi_serial.c
index 3691a69d48..69260cb1a0 100644
--- a/src/udev/scsi_id/scsi_serial.c
+++ b/src/udev/scsi_id/scsi_serial.c
@@ -577,9 +577,8 @@ static int check_fill_0x83_id(struct udev *udev,
 
         if (id_search->id_type == SCSI_ID_NAA && wwn != NULL) {
                 strncpy(wwn, &serial[s], 16);
-                if (wwn_vendor_extension != NULL) {
+                if (wwn_vendor_extension != NULL)
                         strncpy(wwn_vendor_extension, &serial[s + 16], 16);
-                }
         }
 
         return 0;
diff --git a/src/udev/udev-ctrl.c b/src/udev/udev-ctrl.c
index ead7c92b27..56277f551f 100644
--- a/src/udev/udev-ctrl.c
+++ b/src/udev/udev-ctrl.c
@@ -121,18 +121,12 @@ int udev_ctrl_enable_receiving(struct udev_ctrl *uctrl) {
                         err = bind(uctrl->sock, &uctrl->saddr.sa, uctrl->addrlen);
                 }
 
-                if (err < 0) {
-                        err = -errno;
-                        log_error_errno(errno, "bind failed: %m");
-                        return err;
-                }
+                if (err < 0)
+                        return log_error_errno(errno, "bind failed: %m");
 
                 err = listen(uctrl->sock, 0);
-                if (err < 0) {
-                        err = -errno;
-                        log_error_errno(errno, "listen failed: %m");
-                        return err;
-                }
+                if (err < 0)
+                        return log_error_errno(errno, "listen failed: %m");
 
                 uctrl->bound = true;
                 uctrl->cleanup_socket = true;
diff --git a/src/udev/udev-event.c b/src/udev/udev-event.c
index 4761222786..1e34cbc2f5 100644
--- a/src/udev/udev-event.c
+++ b/src/udev/udev-event.c
@@ -731,15 +731,13 @@ int udev_event_spawn(struct udev_event *event,
         /* pipes from child to parent */
         if (result != NULL || log_get_max_level() >= LOG_INFO) {
                 if (pipe2(outpipe, O_NONBLOCK) != 0) {
-                        err = -errno;
-                        log_error_errno(errno, "pipe failed: %m");
+                        err = log_error_errno(errno, "pipe failed: %m");
                         goto out;
                 }
         }
         if (log_get_max_level() >= LOG_INFO) {
                 if (pipe2(errpipe, O_NONBLOCK) != 0) {
-                        err = -errno;
-                        log_error_errno(errno, "pipe failed: %m");
+                        err = log_error_errno(errno, "pipe failed: %m");
                         goto out;
                 }
         }
@@ -753,14 +751,8 @@ int udev_event_spawn(struct udev_event *event,
                 char program[UTIL_PATH_SIZE];
 
                 /* child closes parent's ends of pipes */
-                if (outpipe[READ_END] >= 0) {
-                        close(outpipe[READ_END]);
-                        outpipe[READ_END] = -1;
-                }
-                if (errpipe[READ_END] >= 0) {
-                        close(errpipe[READ_END]);
-                        errpipe[READ_END] = -1;
-                }
+                outpipe[READ_END] = safe_close(outpipe[READ_END]);
+                errpipe[READ_END] = safe_close(errpipe[READ_END]);
 
                 strscpy(arg, sizeof(arg), cmd);
                 udev_build_argv(event->udev, arg, NULL, argv);
@@ -784,14 +776,8 @@ int udev_event_spawn(struct udev_event *event,
                 goto out;
         default:
                 /* parent closed child's ends of pipes */
-                if (outpipe[WRITE_END] >= 0) {
-                        close(outpipe[WRITE_END]);
-                        outpipe[WRITE_END] = -1;
-                }
-                if (errpipe[WRITE_END] >= 0) {
-                        close(errpipe[WRITE_END]);
-                        errpipe[WRITE_END] = -1;
-                }
+                outpipe[WRITE_END] = safe_close(outpipe[WRITE_END]);
+                errpipe[WRITE_END] = safe_close(errpipe[WRITE_END]);
 
                 spawn_read(event,
                            timeout_usec,
diff --git a/src/udev/udev-rules.c b/src/udev/udev-rules.c
index 43255fb9d4..822f292217 100644
--- a/src/udev/udev-rules.c
+++ b/src/udev/udev-rules.c
@@ -672,9 +672,8 @@ static int import_parent_into_properties(struct udev_device *dev, const char *fi
                 const char *key = udev_list_entry_get_name(list_entry);
                 const char *val = udev_list_entry_get_value(list_entry);
 
-                if (fnmatch(filter, key, 0) == 0) {
+                if (fnmatch(filter, key, 0) == 0)
                         udev_device_add_property(dev, key, val);
-                }
         }
         return 0;
 }
@@ -1686,12 +1685,10 @@ struct udev_rules *udev_rules_new(struct udev *udev, int resolve_names) {
         strbuf_complete(rules->strbuf);
 
         /* cleanup uid/gid cache */
-        free(rules->uids);
-        rules->uids = NULL;
+        rules->uids = mfree(rules->uids);
         rules->uids_cur = 0;
         rules->uids_max = 0;
-        free(rules->gids);
-        rules->gids = NULL;
+        rules->gids = mfree(rules->gids);
         rules->gids_cur = 0;
         rules->gids_max = 0;
 
@@ -2064,8 +2061,7 @@ int udev_rules_apply_to_event(struct udev_rules *rules,
                         char program[UTIL_PATH_SIZE];
                         char result[UTIL_LINE_SIZE];
 
-                        free(event->program_result);
-                        event->program_result = NULL;
+                        event->program_result = mfree(event->program_result);
                         udev_event_apply_format(event, rules_str(rules, cur->key.value_off), program, sizeof(program));
                         log_debug("PROGRAM '%s' %s:%u",
                                   program,
diff --git a/src/udev/udevd.c b/src/udev/udevd.c
index f354ced2e2..20497ae8be 100644
--- a/src/udev/udevd.c
+++ b/src/udev/udevd.c
@@ -1670,9 +1670,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 
                 arg_children_max = 8;
 
-                if (sched_getaffinity(0, sizeof (cpu_set), &cpu_set) == 0) {
+                if (sched_getaffinity(0, sizeof(cpu_set), &cpu_set) == 0)
                         arg_children_max += CPU_COUNT(&cpu_set) * 2;
-                }
 
                 log_debug("set children_max to %u", arg_children_max);
         }
diff --git a/src/update-utmp/update-utmp.c b/src/update-utmp/update-utmp.c
index 61bcf02b2f..b2998dce43 100644
--- a/src/update-utmp/update-utmp.c
+++ b/src/update-utmp/update-utmp.c
@@ -130,8 +130,8 @@ static int on_reboot(Context *c) {
         if (c->audit_fd >= 0)
                 if (audit_log_user_comm_message(c->audit_fd, AUDIT_SYSTEM_BOOT, "", "systemd-update-utmp", NULL, NULL, NULL, 1) < 0 &&
                     errno != EPERM) {
-                        log_error_errno(errno, "Failed to send audit message: %m");
-                        r = -errno;
+                        r = log_error_errno(errno,
+                                            "Failed to send audit message: %m");
                 }
 #endif
 
@@ -160,8 +160,8 @@ static int on_shutdown(Context *c) {
         if (c->audit_fd >= 0)
                 if (audit_log_user_comm_message(c->audit_fd, AUDIT_SYSTEM_SHUTDOWN, "", "systemd-update-utmp", NULL, NULL, NULL, 1) < 0 &&
                     errno != EPERM) {
-                        log_error_errno(errno, "Failed to send audit message: %m");
-                        r = -errno;
+                        r = log_error_errno(errno,
+                                            "Failed to send audit message: %m");
                 }
 #endif
 
@@ -210,11 +210,9 @@ static int on_runlevel(Context *c) {
                              runlevel > 0 ? runlevel : 'N') < 0)
                         return log_oom();
 
-                if (audit_log_user_comm_message(c->audit_fd, AUDIT_SYSTEM_RUNLEVEL, s, "systemd-update-utmp", NULL, NULL, NULL, 1) < 0 &&
-                    errno != EPERM) {
-                        log_error_errno(errno, "Failed to send audit message: %m");
-                        r = -errno;
-                }
+                if (audit_log_user_comm_message(c->audit_fd, AUDIT_SYSTEM_RUNLEVEL, s, "systemd-update-utmp", NULL, NULL, NULL, 1) < 0 && errno != EPERM)
+                        r = log_error_errno(errno,
+                                            "Failed to send audit message: %m");
         }
 #endif
 
diff --git a/src/user-sessions/user-sessions.c b/src/user-sessions/user-sessions.c
index e80a7771de..7c736c44d2 100644
--- a/src/user-sessions/user-sessions.c
+++ b/src/user-sessions/user-sessions.c
@@ -42,10 +42,9 @@ int main(int argc, char*argv[]) {
         if (streq(argv[1], "start")) {
                 int r = 0;
 
-                if (unlink("/run/nologin") < 0 && errno != ENOENT) {
-                        log_error_errno(errno, "Failed to remove /run/nologin file: %m");
-                        r = -errno;
-                }
+                if (unlink("/run/nologin") < 0 && errno != ENOENT)
+                        r = log_error_errno(errno,
+                                            "Failed to remove /run/nologin file: %m");
 
                 if (unlink("/etc/nologin") < 0 && errno != ENOENT) {
                         /* If the file doesn't exist and /etc simply